truth doesn't need to be complicated and confusing... (Reply #40)

In the discussion thread: Frum: Fox News creates an ‘alternative knowledge system’ [View all]

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Mon Dec 12, 2011, 09:27 PM

AlbertCat (17,505 posts)

40. truth doesn't need to be complicated and confusing...

"The truth is rarely plain, and never simple"
-- Oscar Wilde

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52 replies	Author	Time	Post
Frum: Fox News creates an ‘alternative knowledge system’ [View all]	Duct Tape	Dec 2011	OP
I'm liking Frum lately	JBoy	Dec 2011	#1
He did say that he would vote for the GOP candidate no matter who he or she is.	libinnyandia	Dec 2011	#5
Well, to be fair, that's the boat most of us are in too.	jtrockville	Dec 2011	#17
Good point	slay	Dec 2011	#33
since he probably feels Republicans are still the "lesser" evil.	AlbertCat	Dec 2011	#39
Yes indeed - that's probably one thing we all can agree on.	jtrockville	Dec 2011	#43
Not necessarily.	freefall	Dec 2011	#48
That's true. Touche.	jtrockville	Dec 2011	#49
Don't waste too much "like" on him...	JHB	Dec 2011	#25
It is more sinister than that Its Propoganda	lovuian	Dec 2011	#2
But conservative "pretend information" was your SPECIALITY, Frum!	rocktivity	Dec 2011	#3
K&R	CJCRANE	Dec 2011	#4
Propaganda is easier to say	cyglet	Dec 2011	#6
Translation into plain English	meow2u3	Dec 2011	#7
Even the word "Propaganda" is a little too soft when your talking about...	Larry Ogg	Dec 2011	#22
I believe the precise technical term is "disinformation".	Fozzledick	Dec 2011	#27
And in clinical terms it would be called pathological lying...	Larry Ogg	Dec 2011	#28
Of the various linguistic choices	tomg	Dec 2011	#29
Thank you tomg, truth doesn't need to be complicated and confusing...	Larry Ogg	Dec 2011	#36
truth doesn't need to be complicated and confusing...	AlbertCat	Dec 2011	#40
so many people are so gullible	arely staircase	Dec 2011	#8
I guess I shouldn't be surprised at how foolish people are.	mwb970	Dec 2011	#14
Wingnut emails	The Wizard	Dec 2011	#19
"or you don't deserve the freedom they protect" when it's about "the troops."	arely staircase	Dec 2011	#34
K and R...outstanding post...someone inside admitting....."an alternative Knowldge system..."	Stuart G	Dec 2011	#9
ditto Regnery and their "Politically Incorrect Guides" ("the hippies wanted a dictatorship!")	MisterP	Dec 2011	#10
I agree completely with everything David Frum said.	Little Tich	Dec 2011	#11
But "cult" is shorter and easier to pronounce. nt	eppur_se_muova	Dec 2011	#12
It's an alternative to the truth	eyewall	Dec 2011	#13
Did he say, "Pack of lies" ?????	Magoo48	Dec 2011	#15
What Dorothy said...	Scuba	Dec 2011	#16
Pox and their GOP patrons	The Wizard	Dec 2011	#18
One day people will realize that FOX has fed them shit all this time	liberal N proud	Dec 2011	#20
Don't hold your breath.	rdneal	Dec 2011	#44
The media is often called the 4th branch of government for a reason	JayceR	Dec 2011	#21
Outsiders are ridiculed, & if reality doesn't agree with them, they'll.... warp reality	AlbertCat	Dec 2011	#42
"Other ways of knowing."	PassingFair	Dec 2011	#23
try Right Wing Propaganda, just like the fascists knew and loved	ShockediSay	Dec 2011	#24
I highly recommend David Frum's blog site Frum Forum.	roseBudd	Dec 2011	#26
Frum didn't have a problem with Fox when they were catapulting the propaganda for	smokey nj	Dec 2011	#30
K & R n/t	ihavenobias	Dec 2011	#31
Where's he been?	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2011	#32
Frum was an employee of the rightwing think tank American Enterprise Institute	rocktivity	Dec 2011	#38
He seems to be trying to have his cake and eat it too.	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2011	#47
That is one of the best analyses and video clips I've seen.	MarkCharles	Dec 2011	#35
As in alternate reality? nt	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Dec 2011	#37
At least those who "immerse their audience in a total environment of pseudo-facts and pretend	indepat	Dec 2011	#41
My favorite line:	mmonk	Dec 2011	#45
Time to call a spade a spade:	usrname	Dec 2011	#46
Why Use Fancy Phrases Like 'alternative knowledge system'? When one succinct word will do...	Yavin4	Dec 2011	#50
Alternative Reality System is better terminology to utilize!	benld74	Dec 2011	#51
Fancy words coming from the anti "PC" right wing	The Genealogist	Dec 2011	#52

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